Prosecutors retry ex-NFL player Winslow on rape charges

Five months after a jury convicted Kellen Winslow Jr. of raping a homeless woman, former NFL player is returning to court to be retried on rape charges involving or women, including a 54-year-old hitchhiker and an unconscious teen in 2003. Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in San Diego County Superior Court in Vista, rth of San Diego.

jury in June found him guilty of attack last year on homeless woman in his picturesque beach community of Encinitas, rth of San Diego. Jurors also convicted him of two misdemears — indecent exposure and a lewd act in public — involving two or women.

But jurors said y were hopelessly delocked on or criminal charges, prompting judge to declare a mistrial.

36-year-old former tight end — at one point one of highest-paid in NFL — has pleed t guilty to charges. His attorney, Gretchen von Helms, said sex was consensual.

Five women took witness stand this summer, and three of m are expected to testify again.

Defense attorneys attacked credibility of five women and pointed out inconsistencies in ir stories in first trial.

court will allow new jury to hear that Winslow was convicted of raping homeless woman. She will be among those testifying again because Winslow is being retried on a sodomy charge involving her, according to prosecution.

Jurors will also be told about indecent exposure conviction, though that woman is t expected to take stand this time, r will a woman in her 70s whose testimony led to or conviction for a lewd act that occurred in front of her at ir gym, according to prosecution.

remaining charges include six felonies including kidnapping, sodomy, forced oral sex, two counts of rape and an ditional count because woman, who was 17 at time of 2003 attack, was also unconscious.

If convicted of multiple accounts of forcible sex offenses, Winslow would face up to life in prison. single conviction carries a maximum sentence of nine years.

Winslow, who played for Cleveland, Tampa Bay, New England, and New York Jets, earned more than $40 million over 10 seasons in NFL. He is son of Chargers Hall of Fame receiver Kellen Winslow, who was in courtroom throughout first trial.

defendant did t testify at his first trial, and his attorneys said y have t decided yet if he will at retrial.

He has been held in custody and will be sentenced for rape conviction after second trial.